The Annual Corporate Governance Report (ACGR) has been developed by the Board of Directors and communicated to the Spanish National Securities Market Commission (CNMV), forming part of the Management Report in accordance with commercial legislation. The ACGR details all corporate governance aspects of Ferrovial and is available at www.ferrovial.com.

Ferrovial complies, fully or partially, with the majority of the recommendations of the CNMV’s Good Governance Code for Listed Companies (56 out of the 58 recommendations that apply to it), as indicated in the ACGR. In this regard, the company carries out an ongoing analysis to assess the incorporation of best practices in the good governance field into its internal regulations.

In corporate governance, during 2022 the Board of Directors has agreed the following:

• To propose to the General Shareholders’ Meeting the modification of the Company Bylaws and the Regulations of the General Shareholders’ Meeting to, among other matters, adapt their wording to the amendment of the Capital Companies Act operated by Law 5/2021, of April 12.
• Approve a Human Rights Policy.
• Approve a Diversity and Inclusion Policy.
• Approve the modification of the Rules of Conduct in the Securities Markets.

Additionally, the Chief Executive Officer has agreed during the year to approve a Corporate Cybersecurity Policy.

GOVERNING BODIES

The ACGR describes in detail the functioning of the management bodies and the decision-making process in the company, whose highest governing bodies are the General Shareholders’ Meeting and the Board of Directors, respectively.

General Shareholders’ Meeting

This is the Company’s sovereign governing body, as established in the Company’s Bylaws. It has the power to decide on all matters attributed to it by law or the Company’s bylaws.

The Ordinary General Shareholders’ Meeting was held on April 7, 2022 on second call. All the resolutions proposed by the Board of Directors were approved.

Board of Directors

It is composed of 12 members, which facilitates an efficient and participatory operation. It has an ample majority of Proprietary and Independent Board Members (9 out of 12 members), eight of whom belong to the latter category. Directors are re-elected every three years, as opposed to the maximum of four years stipulated by corporate regulations. This allows shareholders to validate their management every few years.

It performs its functions with unity of purpose and independence of criteria, treats all shareholders in the same position equally and is guided by the corporate interest, understood as the achievement of a profitable and sustainable business in the long term, which promotes the continuity and maximization of the economic value of the company.

The Board has a Coordinating Counselor, to whom the internal regulations attribute additional functions to those provided for by law, such as chairing Board meetings in the absence of the Chairman and Vice Chairman and echoing the concerns of the Non-Executive Directors.

In 2022, the Board held a total of six meetings, with an average duration of approximately six hours per meeting (individualized data on the attendance of the Directors at the meetings of the Board and its Committees is presented below). In addition, on August 18, 2022, the Board of Directors adopted resolutions in writing and without a meeting.

For the eighth consecutive year, the Board has evaluated its operation and that of its Committees, with the support of an external consultant of recognized prestige. Based on the conclusions and recommendations of this external consultant, the Board identified some possible improvements in relation to its operation.

Executive Committee

It The Board of Directors has delegated all its powers to the Executive Committee, except those that cannot be delegated by law or the Company’s Bylaws. It is composed of six members, four of whom are External Directors, two of whom are Independent (thus complying with recommendation 37 of the Code of Good Governance). During 2022, it monitored the Group’s financial information, the evolution of the main business indicators, the impact of COVID-19 on employees, as well as the status of the most relevant projects and matters of the year. It has also approved the operations within its competence as a delegated body of the Board of Directors.

Audit and Control Committee

It is composed of four Independent Board Members, including its Chairman, who have been appointed taking into account their knowledge and experience in accounting, auditing and financial and non-financial risk management. Their powers are governed by Article 51 of the Company’s Bylaws and Article 21 of the Board of Directors’ Regulations (which includes the recommendations on good governance). They possess, as a whole, the relevant technical knowledge in relation to the sectors in which Ferrovial operates.

During 2022 it held five meetings. Its activities during the year are detailed in the report on its operation, published on Ferrovial’s website. The Committee takes into account in its activity and operation the recommendations of the Good Governance Code of Listed Companies and those of the CNMV’s Technical Guide on Audit Committees of Public Interest Entities.

Nomination and Remuneration Committee

It is composed of four External Directors, three of whom are Independent, including its Chairman. All of them have been appointed considering the knowledge, skills and experience required for the performance of the Committee’s duties. Its competencies are regulated in Articles 52 of the Company’s Bylaws and 23 of the Board of Directors Regulations (which include the good governance recommendations).

The Committee held four meetings during 2022. The activities carried out during the year are listed in the report on its operation, published on Ferrovial’s website. There is also detailed information on the Committee’s activity in the area of remuneration in the Annual Report on Directors’ Remuneration, also available on Ferrovial’s website. The Committee takes into account in its activity and operation the recommendations of the Good Governance Code of Listed Companies and those of the CNMV’s Technical Guide on Appointments and Remuneration Committees.